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shazrobo wrote: »

feel so ashamed of myself, i use to SH an awful lot, and managed to give up.
so why am i resorting to it again now??? feel such an idiot, my arms and legs are a mess, and we go on holiday for few days on monday.


miro, sorry to hear about your cat, must be such a worrying time for you, as gemini says, at least she should still be able to find her way around the flat

hugs shaz xxx

Your resorting to it because you used to use it as a coping mechanism, we all have slip ups, i know you feel bad but think of it this way, if you it gave up once, you can do it again.

shazrobo

xXMessedUpXx wrote: »

Your resorting to it because you used to use it as a coping mechanism, we all have slip ups, i know you feel bad but think of it this way, if you it gave up once, you can do it again.

seems to be a bad habit i fall into especially every august, when it comes to the long school hols, feel like a failure at times

roll on 8th sep :beer::j:T:rotfl:

elfen

shaz - nobody is perfect, we all have that moment where we crumble. I know I did last weekend, and OH was a bit off with me to say the least.

Managed to make progress at the psych. Actually admitted I need help with socail stuff, and she's referring me for some support to help me cope and just to help me I guess. She was (well sounded) happy I'd got into uni, but did suggest another med increase to help...and she did say "next year" about lowering them, but I didn't ask. There's no point, I know I'm a long termer, I just have to get used to the fact that in most ways I am utterly useless.

beachbeth

Hang in there, Shaz. I know how hard the summer school holidays can be. Its a relief when they're back at school. It seems a long way off to 8th Sept but it'll come quickly!

Miroslav

geminilady wrote: »

Sorry to hear about your cat Miro.As the vet said it shouldn't affect her too much and as she is a house cat she will know her way around the flat.Maybe it would be an idea not to move things around so she doe not get confused.It is quiet on here at the moment even Tiff has gone AWOL.If you are reading Tiff hope you are ok.

She's getting worse. The vet said it would be a quick process.

We will keep things in the same position, so it doesn't confuse her too much. Stupid thing is still purring :rolleyes: although not as jolly as she has been for nearly 15 years I'm going to miss her trotting around like a lunatic

Hopefully Tiff comes back soon, with more cat pictures :cool:

Hope you are well and that goes for everyone else. I can't be around too much at the moment, i'm distressed.

Amber_Sunshine

whitevanwoman wrote: »

I sympathise about Britney; Robbie Williams hasn't been in touch with me, I know I'm his soul mate but he hasn't realised that yet :mad:

That damn George Clooney won't leave me alone. Think I'm going to have to change my phone number :rotfl:

~*Plushroom*~

Afternoon all, I trust everyone is doing okay?

Well after my meltdown on Monday/Tuesday the internet went down and I was actually forced to go do things otherwise I'd go insane from boredom. Got a lot of stuff done and finished reading a book that has been really helping me with my depression - even though it isn't even about depression. But the book was absolutely inspiring and funny and amazing...if only the second book was out in paperback already.

Managed to have an okay birthday, even though my OH decided to call me at 6:30am from Frankfurt so he could talk to me and wish me a happy birthday...of all the days I would have liked a lie-in :rolleyes: But my family managed to get into another big fight - couldn't even behave for one damn day - was not impressed.

Spent the last couple of days out visiting family and friends and going on a couple of shopping trips on my own with just my mp3 player for company..for some reason walking and blocking out everything really seems to calm me, god knows what I'd do without it.

After getting pretty ill yesterday I'm feeling alright today, not great but not like life isn't worth living which is a huge step up from earlier in the week. Even managed to force myself to redye my hair and paint my nails - vain but has made me feel more human than I have done for a while.


Shall come back in a day or two and properly read what I've missed, but I hope everyone is doing well.

fad1211

When people suffer depression, like I do, for me it is like a sort of mental pressure build up in the brain, and what is scary is i dont know how to thnk. I just want to forget about it, but trying to forget wont let you. I also feel totally detached from my surroundings and reallity which is really scary, It peaks up at times, then goes down, but my brain feels so vulnerable and unstable, and i think should i concentrate on the task to hand or should i think about times when i was happy. i get confused because i dont know how to think, so therefore there is no peace of mind or inner tranquility. There are times i forget for a few seconds or minutes, before i soon realise i should be depressed and go back into it. I have really bad moments, where i feel trapped in my body with no escape. Is this what people feel in depression? I feel my illness is much more than that, and I am having great difficulty coping. I think i am going to crack. I just want to know am i the only one going through as it feels as if I am. Apologies if I have gone on abit, but I really needed to get it off my chest. Thank you

~*Plushroom*~

fad1211 wrote: »

When people suffer depression, like I do, for me it is like a sort of mental pressure build up in the brain, and what is scary is i dont know how to thnk. I just want to forget about it, but trying to forget wont let you. I also feel totally detached from my surroundings and reallity which is really scary, It peaks up at times, then goes down, but my brain feels so vulnerable and unstable, and i think should i concentrate on the task to hand or should i think about times when i was happy. i get confused because i dont know how to think, so therefore there is no peace of mind or inner tranquility. There are times i forget for a few seconds or minutes, before i soon realise i should be depressed and go back into it. I have really bad moments, where i feel trapped in my body with no escape. Is this what people feel in depression? I feel my illness is much more than that, and I am having great difficulty coping. I think i am going to crack. I just want to know am i the only one going through as it feels as if I am. Apologies if I have gone on abit, but I really needed to get it off my chest. Thank you

Depression can manifest in a lot of different ways, there is no right way to feel which I am learning at the moment. I completely understand the detachment you are talking about, it's as though you're there but you're not - as though everything is happening around you and you have no power to add to it or change it. It's not a nice feeling.

You might find some solace in reading back over the thread like I did, I read though a lot of posts before beginning to feel like it wasn't just me, others feel like this too. That feel of not being alone, though not a cure, is something to hold onto in the darkest times of depression.

LadyMorticia

Hey.

Hope everyone is okay.

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